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A String Of Empty Tombs
Spring and Easter, a conspiracy between nature and religion, creation and redemption, to make newness, to thaw things out, to rejuvenate and re-virginize, to make sunshine, to warm frozen places,
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Love Through Locked Doors
Several years ago, a family I know well lost a daughter through suicide. She was in her late 20s and had become dangerously depressed. An initial attempt at suicide failed.
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Godlessness and Good Friday
The German, poet, J.C.F. Holderlin, once commented on the sad mood of our age. “Now is the night of the world,” he asserted. “God has withdrawn, as the sun sets
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Veronica’s Veil
It was a Friday afternoon But the day had not been marked out for crucifixion Because the sky was not black And I, a professional Simon, was rushing off to
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The ‘Loser’ As Victor
Most of you, I am sure, will instantly recognize this name, Eleni – Eleni Gatzoyiannis, the Greek peasant woman killed by Communist guerrillas in 1948, the subject of Nicholas Gage’s
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Worshipping In Anguish
Frequently, the complaint is made that our Christian gatherings, especially our Eucharists, are boring and devoid of a vital connection to life. Immediately, the temptation is to respond by attempting
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Keep Praying For The Dead
G.K. Chesterton once commented that tradition might be defined as an extension of the franchise. It gives a vote to the most obscure of all classes, the dead. It is
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Terror And Triumph
Ending one year and beginning another always brings with it a reflectiveness, a sobering, a curious steadying. Another year gone! 1985 over! It passed so quickly! We hardly had time
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Our Savior In The Flesh!
And the word was made flesh! Flesh. How that word explodes with connotations. Initially our flesh is virginal and pure; the naked unwhipped, unsullied, unwrinkled flesh of a baby, full
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From Grateful to Giving
An idealistic young priest once visited Thomas Merton at the Trappist monastery in Kentucky and spoke to him about his agony over social justice issues. “I know it’s wrong,” he